APRIL TWENTY-FIRST
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Peter F. Abelard died 1142.
Friedrich Fröbel born 1782.
Reginald Heber born 1783.
James Martineau born 1805.
Charlotte Brontë born 1816.
Henry Shaw (Josh Billings) born 1818.
Education should lead and guide man to clearness concerning himself and in himself, to peace with nature, and to unity with God.
—Friedrich Fröbel.
When spring unlocks the flowers, to paint the laughing soil; When summer's balmy showers refresh the mower's toil; When winter binds in frosty chains the fallow and the flood, In God the earth rejoiceth still, and owns its maker good. —Reginald Heber.
A memory without a blot or contamination must be an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment.
—Charlotte Brontë.
For ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
—1 Thessalonians 5. 5.
Lord of light, thou art the light of my life. May I make thee the joy and light of my soul. Call me to where it is clear and high, that I may see above the mist. May I not weary in climbing to reach thee in the high places. Amen.